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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Cancer. 2013 Dec;12(4):615–619. doi: 10.1007/s10689-013-9624-0

Table 1.

Summary of Demographic and Clinical Variables in Respondents

Overall Males Females Missing
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Gender
 male 150 (37) ~ ~ ~
 female 232 (57.3) ~ ~ ~
 missing 23 (5.7) ~ ~ ~
Age
 ≤50 214 (52.8) 78 (53.8%) 135 (60%) 1
 >50 157 (38.8) 67(46.2%) 90 (40%) 0
 missing 34 (8.4)
Race
 White 371 (91.6) 145 (96.7) 223 (96.5) 3
 Black or African American 3 (0.7) 1 (0.7) 2 (0.9)
 Asian 4 (1.0) 3 (2) 1 (0.4)
 Other 6 (1.5) 1 (0.7) 5 (2.2)
 Missing 21 (5.2)
Cancer history
 Any Cancer 282 (69.6) 97(70.3) 169(75.8) 16
 Prostate Cancer 144 (35.6) 55(43.7) 82(42.7) 7
 Breast Cancer 59 (14.6) 21(18.1) 36(21.4) 2
 Pancreatic Cancer 45 (11.1) 10(9.9) 34(20.2) 1
 Melanoma 55 (13.6) 19(18.3) 33(21.4) 3
BRCA status
BRCA1 in family 200 (49.4) 74(49.3) 109(47.0) 17
BRCA2 in family 205 (50.6) 76(50.7) 123(53.0) 6
 tested/positive 322 (79.5) 97(64.7) 209(90.5) 16
 tested/negative 15 (3.7) 4(2.7) 11(4.8) 0
 Not tested 64 (15.8) 49(32.7) 11(4.8) 4